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Issued  July  19,  1915. 


U.  S.  DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE, 

BUREAU  OF  BIOLOGICAL  SURVEY. 

Henry  W.  Henshaw,  Chief  of  Bureau. 


SERVICE  AND  REGULATORY  ANNOUNCEMENTS, 


AMENDMENT    OF    REGULATIONS    FOR    THE    PROTECTION    OF    DEER, 
MOOSE,  CARIBOU,  SHEEP,  AND  MOUNTAIN  GOATS  IN  ALASKA. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  conferred  upon  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  by  section  2 
of  the  act  of  May  11,  1908  (35  Stat.,  102),  entitled  "An  act  to  amend  an  act  entitled 
'An  act  for  the  protection  of  game  in  Alaska,  and  for  other  purposes,'  approved  June  7, 
1902,"  regulations  2  and  3  of  the  "Regulations  for  the  protection  of  deer,  moose, 
caribou,  sheep,  and  mountain  goats  in  Alaska,"  made  and  published  July  14,  1914, 
are  hereby  amended,  effective  on  and  after  August  1,  1915,  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Regulation"  2.  Limits. — The  number  of  deer  killed  by  any  one  person  during  the 
open  season  in  southeastern  Alaska  is  hereby  limited  to  three. 

Regulation  3.  Sale. — The  sale  of  deer  carcasses  in  southern  Alaska  is  hereby 
suspended  until  August  1,  1916. 

In  testimony  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  official  seal  this  30th  day  of 
June,  1915. 

D.  F.  Houston,  Secretary  of  Agriculture. 

REGULATIONS  AS  AMENDED. 

The  regulations  for  the  protection  of  deer,  moose,  caribou,  sheep,  amd  mountain 
goats  in  Alaska,  as  amended  June  30,  1915,  are  as  follows: 

Regulation  1.  Open  season  for  deer. — The  season  for  killing  deer  in  southeastern 
Alaska  is  hereby  limited  to  the  period  from  August  15  to  November  1,  both  inclusive. 

Regulation  2.  Limits. — The  number  of  deer  killed  by  any  one  person  during  the 
open  season  in  southeastern  Alaska  is  hereby  limited  to  three. 

Regulation  3.  Sale. — The  sale  of  deer  carcasses  in  southern  Alaska  is  hereby 
suspended  until  August  1,  1916. 

Regulation  4.  Killing  deer  on  certain  islands. — The  killing  of  deer  on  Kodiak 
Island  and  Long  Island  and  the  killing  of  deer  on  the  following  islands  in  southeastern 
Alaska:  Duke  Island,  near  Dixon  Inlet;  Gravina  Island,  near  Ketchikan;  Kruzof 
Island,  west  of  Sitka;  Suemez  Island,  near  Klawak;  and  Zarembo  Island,  near 
Wrangell,  is  hereby  prohibited  until  August  1,  1916. 

Regulation  5.  Kenai  Peninsula. — The  killing  of  caribou  on  the  Kenai  Peninsula 
is  hereby  prohibited  until  August  1,  1916. 

The  shipment  of  carcasses  of  moose  and  sheep  for  sale  from  Seward  or  other  points 
on  the  Kenai  Peninsula  is  hereby  prohibited,  and  no  carcasses  of  said  animals  shall 
be  accepted  for  shipment  to  other  points  in  Alaska  unless  accompanied  by  affidavit 
of  the  owner  that  they  were  not  purchased  and  are  not  intended  for  sale. 

Regulation  6.  Open  season  for  mountain  goats. — The  season  for  killing  mountain 
goats  in  southeastern  Aia^ys  ^rqfbjy  y^lHed  to  the  period  from  August  1  to  February  ]- 
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